Business Leaders
    Advancing the
    Principles
    of Capitalism.

    Empowering business leaders to communicate, educate, and activate the ideas that make free enterprise possible.

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    Speaker at Principled Business event

    The Challenge

    Free enterprise has produced extraordinary gains in human well-being. Yet the dominant cultural narrative increasingly portrays business as exploitative, zero-sum, and morally suspect.

    Many business leaders know this story is wrong. But they often lack the language, community, and confidence to publicly defend the moral meaning of their work.

    When those who understand value creation remain silent, others define the story of capitalism for them.

    Principled Business exists to change this.

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    Our Approach

    How We Form Leaders

    01

    Convene

    We bring together investors, executives, and founders in high-trust settings to build relationships, strengthen conviction, and align around a shared understanding of free enterprise.

    02

    Equip

    Through conferences, workshops, salons, peer groups, and curricula, we help leaders develop a first-principles understanding of capitalism grounded in dignity, agency, voluntary exchange, and value creation.

    03

    Activate

    We help leaders translate conviction into action by advancing these principles within their companies, communities, and the wider culture.

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    Connect with business leaders who share your commitment to the principles of free enterprise.

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    Building relationships in high-trust settings

    Signature Events

    Startup Accelerator Program Demo Day

    OCT 28–30, 2026

    Startup Accelerator Program Demo Day

    Pre-seed and seed-stage founders pitch live at the Principled Business Summit in Austin — with investments totaling $250,000 from Liberty Ventures and The Venture Fund.

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    Principled Business Summit Austin

    OCT 28–30, 2026

    Principled Business Summit Austin

    1,000 investors, executives, and entrepreneurs celebrating 250 years of capitalism.

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    Principled Business Retreat in Necker Island

    MAY 22–26, 2027

    Principled Business Retreat in Necker Island

    Intimate gathering of 40+ top business leaders at Richard Branson's private island.

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    There's a famous saying from William Schlamm:

    "The problem with socialism is socialism.
    The problem with capitalism is capitalists."

    Let's prove him wrong.